<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> Hi,Listers! Sorry to keep you in suspence and puzzled = about 2% mark-up.<o:p></o:p> I had told this practical joke in my business = building classes in the past..It’s an old = story<o:p></o:p> 2 little boys grow in the same little town.One is a mathematical genius and always helps his friend,who is not a learner,but = a real street-smart.   Fast forward..20 years later they = meet.<o:p></o:p> The mathematical genius is driving old beaten-up = car,but the Street smart is standing next to his latest model Mercedes in 3-piece = Armani suit,smocking Cuban cigar..The genius asks his childhood friend how he = managed to do so well..<o:p></o:p> “Well”-he replied,I get-up in the = morning,drink my cappuccino,read newspaper,find bankruptcy sales,auctions,etc.I leave = my house,let’s say with $10,000 in cash,buy a lot of stuff and by the = end of the day I sell it,let’s say for $20,000 and ON THOSE 2% I make a = living… Hope,this explains my yesterday post.. Have fun,enjoy weekend!!! = Isaac<o:p></o:p> </div> </body> </html>